Monday, 5 March 2018

Would a Mental Health Background Check Have Prevented This? ...

An Indiana father shot and killed his 9-year-old daughter while telling his children to not play with guns, police said.

“She’s dead. She’s f***ing dead,” he told officers who arrived at his Hobart home, according to an arrest affidavit filed in Lake County.

The dad told officers he had been showing the weapon to his twin 10-year-old sons and told them to “never use a gun” when his daughter walked into the room.

He pulled the trigger, shooting the girl in the head, police said.

TALK ABOUT PARENTING SKILLS

The boys told police their father had forgotten he’d put bullets in the gun, according to the affidavit. Earlier, he had emptied the weapon and pulled the trigger while pointing it at the boys, they told officers.